I got my first tattoo 8 days ago Feb. 21st, 2020. It looked great the first day but since then it has been very painful and now looks like a chunk is missing. I went with a friend and hers is already healed and looks amazing. Yesterday I went to the artist who did it to ask if it was going to be ok and they just said I shouldn’t have been using antibacterial soap on it and just stopping that should make it heal.  Today a coworker told me it looks like they went too deep and they just don’t want to admit they made a mistake. I really need someone to give me some hope that I can have a beautiful tattoo one day. I’m really discouraged right now.

Including a picture comparing day one to now.